Online Journalism

Zotero is a free program provided by the Firefox database that captures, stores and organizes a variety of information resources.  It is a program that helps create your own reference library.  The STAR workshop that I attended helped enhance my skills in citing sources and also in finding a new way to create a bibliography. […]

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            Audio  Journalism:                                                                                                                  “Painting sound pictures for listeners is a skill that takes practice.” Digital tools make audio easy for one person to master People often listen to audio journalism while commuting or spending time alone “An audio journalist can create a more intimate and personal relationship with the listener and take […]

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When browsing through a blog, is there anything better than coming upon an article that gives you tips on finding another journalism job?  Well, that’s what you get when coming upon Mark Potts’ “Recovering Journalist” blog.  Since there are plenty of journalists who are out of work, Potts thought it was necessary to speak for […]

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Since this is the first of many blog items on Mark Potts’ “Recovering Journalist” blog, it’s necessary to go over the format that is distributed on his page.  First, there should also be a little background on who Mark Potts is and why I am blogging about his work. Mark Potts has been a journalist […]

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Briggs points out that with just a microphone, recorder and free software, you can create full-featured segments that sound like radio episodes and distribute them as podcasts to build a loyal audience.  This is what this chapter is all about: audio journalism. So why is audio journalism important? Capturing in words a story’s particular sights […]

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It seems like Google is never out of ideas to make Web-searching more interesting and intriguing. The following video shows how to use Google’s recent addition, Recipe View to search recipes for any keyword you type. The search filter can narrow down the results with ingredients, cook time and even amount of calories per serving. […]

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When is an online comment defamatory? If you post something libellous on Twitter about a local rival politician, and have only 30 followers, you can get sued. If you say something potentially libellous, using a pseudonym, on a UK newspaper site, with page views in the millions, you’re fine – that’s just “pub talk”. While […]

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Twitter. It’s been the buzz of the past few years. Now, that it has made it big, everyone is encouraged to jump on the bandwagon and get with it.  Here’s are the top five ways you can get in on the hype: 5. Interesting drives traffic With Twitter, if you are smart, witty or cool enough, you […]

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